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a day on the water
Well it was more like 30 minutes and it wasn’t a sailboat, it was our dingy. A dingy came with our sailboat when we bought her, she was pretty rough and needed a bit of TLC, and still does. I’m not...
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not all sailors are created equal
We got our little Walker Bay 8’ dingy in the water yesterday and let me just say it was a complete and utter FAILURE (but fun).I’m glad the canal was empty and no one saw me get stuck in the middle....
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My Pros and Cons of buying a 30 year old sailboat
Let me first start buy saying this is my first blog. I will try and get better at it over time. We bought a boat with the wrong layout - problem number one! Problem number two - years of small water...
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thanks mum
Don’t we all just hate those irritating group emails that typically come from family members? But there is about 1 in every 100 that are useful. Check out all the uses of peroxide below. Maybe we’ll...
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rowing my boat
...... Gently down the stream.The girls and I are enjoying our Walker Bay dingy, even got Carl to row us around for a bit.
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Attack of the wires
What a mess! Carl starts to tackle the electrical systems today. Looks like a giant electrical octopus is about to bear hug the boat!!
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what if we were in the middle of the ocean?
We had our first major but not so major injury over the weekend. My poor little wags broke not one but two bones in her pinky finger. The oh so small and pudgy finger that everyone takes for granted. I...
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dorade heaven
We really didn’t want dorades on the boat because they just take up deck space but we see now how hot the boat can get without them. I guess new boats have better ventilation or something because you...
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mattress abuse
I have completed my first mattress cover, two more to go. Also my first zipper. It wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be but the corners are far from pretty. I used a section of the original cover...
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getting excited
I have been working hard on the girls’ mattress covers. They turned out better than expected – I’m a crappy sewer. They have even passed the test of being jumped on for hours. Next is the sheets. Got...
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rain, paint, mess and broken stuff
The painters have started work on the boat and everything is a total mess! We’re painting the interior, they’re painting the exterior along with fighting our two motors – when is two better than one?...
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Carl is finally out of the engine room
After days and DAYS of work Carl got the little generator for the watermaker up and running. Had a lot of inverter problems but I had faith and he got ‘r done! It’s a little louder that what we wanted...
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Here's a quick video of our interior and some exterior. The interior is in the middle of getting painted.
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Hanging at North Sails in NOLA
All our sails are ready and so is the new tides track system. Replaced our half battens on the main to full, hmmm how am I going to fit it all in my car??!Dropped off all our standing rigging. Don't...
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wind generator woes
I am about ready to gouge out my eyes from looking at a computer screen for too long. I’ve been given the task to find a good wind generator. We have pretty much no room on the boat for solar panels –...
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fine fine floors
We weren’t very kind to our floors when refitting the “mega yacht” and I thought they would never come good, but check them out!I really like that they have that nice worn personality. The rest of the...
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life jackets
I hate life jackets, my kids hate life jackets. What’s worse than lifejackets? Sunscreen, but that’s another post. Today we got via mail our new life jackets for the girls. I searched high and low and...
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These videos are pretty much for the help we're getting from Lighthouse. They have been extremely helpful trying to get our windlass up and running.This first video is with no load.Lighthouse Windlass...
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o-oh
That’s right we are baking a blob, a completely unplanned MEGA surprise of a blob. I’m still in my first trimester so it’s safe to say that I’m still in the freak out zone. We’ve sold our business and...
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coming along
Slowly she’s coming along. The interior trim has been scuffed up and ready to varnish. The stove is in and doesn’t look so “easy bake oven” anymore. The new sink for the master and counter around the...
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putting her back together
Tomorrow Carl plans on leaving out for Louisiana so we can haul her out to complete the paint job. You can pretty much see yourself in her reflection! Finishing up putting on her cleats and blocks so...
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It breaks our hearts but we are putting Prili up for sale. I haven’t gotten a spec sheet together yet but if anyone is looking for an ox of a boat, here she is! We will be selling her for a bargain...
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our blog is moving
We have learnt a lot this year, and know that we will have a bunch more still to learn: 1. ALWAYS use birth control!!!2. Never buy a used boat thinking that it's not a fix-er-up-er. Then times your...
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shiny
I went to LA yesterday to take pictures of Prili's new paint job but alas it wasn't finished. She is looking good! Our plan is to bring her back tomorrow but the painters had to shut down today due to...
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